When I insert a dvd into my PC Player it spins but does Not download it, Why?

When I insert a DVD game ( brand new) I can hear it spinning but it will NOT download. When I insert a DVD or a CD for it to play it does NOT play. I have the PC set to play automatically and I have also tried downloading the player they show to download for Windows I know it is three initials and it starts with a V?? it made no difference. Why doesn't Windows Media player play te? I do not care who plays them I just need to have my PC accept and to download from Dvds and CDs and to also play them would be really great. I can Not figure out what is causing these problems, aand I really NEED help in fixing these problems. I hope someone understands what I need to do to to correct these prob;ems. Know you will be my Hero and will always have my sincere heartfelt appreciation forever for offering the help I need. Thank You

It is not asking what part of your country you are in, but what country/region you are in.
Region encoding is the mechanism that enables motion picture studios to control the worldwide release of their movies. It is required by the DVD Forum (http://www.dvdforum.org/forum.shtml) in all commercial hardware DVD players. Every DVD-Video disc contains one byte of data representing a region code, which limits where the disc can be played.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2397
Once you have set the region in DVD Player five times it cannot be changed.
Instead, use VLC to view videos from different regions:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html

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Look at this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code
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